Argentina 1837-RA P 8 reales
This specimen was lot 30010 in Heritage sale 3035 (Long Beach, September 2014), where it sold for $1,292.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Rio de la Plata. Republic 8 Reales 1837/6 RA-P AU Details (Surface Hairlines) NGC, La Rioja mint. Very few handling marks account for the assigned designation. Nevertheless a very attractive type coin for this popular sunface type with beautiful toning. Despite being still unlisted in KM, all known specimens show some evidence of the 1837/6 overdate, as noted by Janson. On some specimens such as the present one, that evidence is only faint, which in turn would account for the (apparently not existent) reported plain 1837 date." This type was struck 1826-37 and is the first reasonably available Argentine peso. The issues of 1813 and 1815 were made in Potosi when Argentine forces captured the mint there. The designs from 1826 to 1837 were minted in the province of Rioja, as Bolivia had by then declared her own independence to forestall annexation by her neighbors.
Recorded mintage: unknown but an available date.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.896 fine silver.
Catalog reference: CJ-38, KM 20.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, and Warren Tucker, Heritage Signature Auction 3035, World and Ancient Coins, featuring the FoxLair Collection and the Law Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.
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